March wind is unrelenting!

I cannot believe- again- where the month has gone!  And the cold, while punctuated by some teaser warm days, has been pretty steady.  Slowly the banks of snow are shrinking, but I am hungrier for Spring this year than I have ever been!

I have been working on a few O'Carolan pieces- Miss Noble and Sir Arthur Shaene (?)- and a lament. And a couple of Sue Richards tunes- Fire in the Hearth and Do Not Mourn for Me ( or is it Mourn No more for Me)??  Anywho- lovely pieces from her collection.

Sue and Brother Andrew have organized a Harp Gathering- Tune Sharing weekend coming up in  West Park, NY at Holy Cross Monastery that I am busting with excitement over!  I will (theoretically) have 20 new tunes in my head by Sunday!  Hah!  Well, and then a hard copy to refer to, thankfully!

Not spending enough time on the harp with Palm and Easter Sundays approaching and keyboard music to learn, but then it should be pretty smooth sailing and I have promised myself daily dips in the strings!

I am also investigating the carbon fiber harps by Heartland Harps in NC- have any of you actually played one of their carbon fiber creations?  They make them all with concert spacing, but CAN make them with the closer Celtic harp spacing (though you void the chance to return it after purchase, unlike their standard guarantee...) and I am wondering if the feel and sound are comparable to wooden Celtic harps and string tension/spacing?  I did their harp tasting audio online, and while I was actually able to pick out the wonderful aged Dragonwood harp amongst the carbon fibers, I was blown away by the sound I heard.  Not necessarily the best device to listen on, though, so just wondered if any of you have experienced first hand?  The weight and the indestructibility, and the ability to leave a harp in a hot car and sling it around, just seems like a miraculous idea!  I LOVE my Fisher harp, but transporting it anywhere is such a worry if it involves any distance in warm weather.

It will take me awhile to save up for one, if I go that route- just dreaming for now!  Harp lust, you know!!!

Stay warm and have fun, ladies- Spring is really on the way!  Promise!!  Sharon